What surprised me most about the scene, beside the officers there maintaining very calm dispositions, was the calm demeanor of patrons and people walking by the bank.
Union Savings Bank on Main Street was robbed Monday, Jan. 11.
As I got to the scene, I told a man was who approaching the side door of the bank that it was closed. He said ‘not the ATM’ and proceeded to go in, despite seeing 8 or 9 cruisers at the scene and officers at every entrance.
Some people walked right by the officers with a plan to go into the bank, regardless of the commotion. Most expressed displeasure, if not outright anger, that the bank dare be closed at 3:30, when its hours are listed as open until 4 p.m.
No one seemed to reflect my surprise that a Main Street bank was robbed. I mean, if you are unfortunate enough to hit the red lights, it can take as long as 8 to 10 mins to drive from one end to the other.
One woman on the phone, walked by myself and John Pirro, who was also on the scene, and we alerted her to their being a robbery. Her eyebrows raised and into the phone she nonchalantly said “I told you it was a robbery.” We asked if she was surprised and she said no, why else would a police cruiser be parked in the drive through.
wow. i guess people are used to bank robberies nowadays? that’s so weird to hear people that are so calm about these situations.
Comment by SamanthaB — January 13th, 2010 @ 4:14 pm